Self-locking bottle-holder.



H. PRESNIGK & S. YOUNGERMAN.

SELF LOCKING BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.21, 1914.

Patented June 23, 1914.

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UNITED ATES PATENT HYMAN PRESNIGK, 0F BROOKLYN, AND SAMUEL YOUNGERMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SELF-LOCKING BOTTLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Application filed February 21, 1914. Serial No. 820,285.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, I-IYMAN PnEsNIcK and SAMUEL YOUNGERMAN, subjects of the Czar of Russia, and residents, respectively, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, and New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Locking Bottle-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in self-locking bottle holders arranged in connection with the exterior side of house door for the convenient delivery, and authorized removal of milk-bottles and the object of the invention is to provide a holder into which one or more bottles may be readily delivered and automatically locked against displacement while the house-door is closed, and to afford means for conveniently emptying the holder after the door has been opened.

A further objectprovides means for detachably supporting the holder for the greater convenience in discharging its contents and for its replacement when required for use.

The invention also includes certain details of construction hereinafter set forth.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like characters of reference are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a ground plan of the device embodying the present invention and shown in connection with a portion of a door and its supporting-frame or jamb; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, shown partially in section, and arranged for containing a single bottle; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a part of the holder, showing the position of the locking device thereof during the ad mission of a bottle.

In the drawings, numeral 1 designates a door-frame or j amb of a house having hinges 2 for supporting a door 3, the latter opening inward of a room and closing a doorway leading to a street or public hall. Upon the jamb l, exteriorly of the doorway, is fixed a supporting bracket 4, formed with projectingportions 5, provided with slotted perforations 6 for detachably receiving and supporting the bottle-holder 7 which latter consists of a frame-work composed of a series of security,

spaced rings 8, connected together with vertical crossbars 9. Round-head pins 10, fixed to the terminal rings of the holder, are adapted to loosely engage the slotted perforations in the bracket 4 and provide convenient means for detachably securing the holder thereto. The holder is provided with opposite open ends constituting an upper admission passage and a lower discharge passage for the bottle, the latter being indicated by the dotted lines 11. The lower discharge passage is adapted to be closed by the plate door 12, hingedly connected at 13 to the frame-work of the holder. A spring latch 14, also fixed to the frame-v o-rk, engages a projecting lip on the plate door and maintains the latter in a normally closed position.

To prevent the removal of the holder from its supporting bracket while the house-door is closed, laterally extending lugs 15 are fixed to the lower end of the frame-work and are positioned to engage a stop-bar 16, fixed upon the house-door. The lugs of the holder and the stop-bar of the door project at opposite sides of their supporting points to permit the use of the bottle-holder in both right and left hand door situations. Also to prevent the opening of the plate door 12 and the unauthorized discharge of the bottle from the holder while the house-door is closed, a lock-arm 17 is fixed upon the latter and projecting therefrom extends immediately below the holder and arrests any downward movement of the door 12.

Pivotally mounted to the holder adjacent its upper admission opening, are a plurality of latch-heads 18, carried by U-shaped pins 19, fixed to a series of the vertical crossbars 9, spaced in pairs embracing the latch heads, which latter are channel shaped and consist of an inner wall 20 and two side walls 21, between which side walls are guided the upper ends of complementary latch-levers 22, pivotally mounted intermediate their ends to the pairs of vertical cross-bars, which likewise embrace the same. The upper ends of the latchlevers engage the inner walls 20 of the latch-heads, controlling the working movement of the latter, while the movement of the levers themselves in one direction is limited at theirlower ends by the extensions 23 thereof engaging the lower ring of the holder. In the delivery of the bottle through the admission opening of the holder, the movement of the 

